US 12,122,484 B2
Mooring/tensioning apparatus
Richard Taylor, Dundee (GB); and David Smith, Dundee (GB)
Assigned to FLINTSTONE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Dundee (GB)
Appl. No. 17/427,425
Filed by FLINTSTONE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Dundee (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/050305
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/165568, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1902103 (GB), filed on Feb. 15, 2019; and application No. 1912851 (GB), filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388609 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B63B 21/20 (2006.01); B63B 21/04 (2006.01); B63B 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 21/20 (2013.01) [B63B 21/04 (2013.01); B63B 21/18 (2013.01); B63B 2021/203 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for mooring a structure and tensioning a mooring line, the apparatus comprising:
a body;
a guide portion for guiding a portion of a first mooring line or chain, the guide portion being rotationally mounted on the body;
a lock arrangement comprising a lock member;
the body comprising an arrangement for connecting the apparatus to a second mooring line; and
the apparatus providing a first mooring line path, the lock member being provided on an opposite side of the first mooring line path from the guide portion when in an unlocked position, and the lock member being at least partially provided in or on the first mooring line path when in a locked position,
wherein the lock arrangement comprises a counterweight, which is formed with, connected to, or releasably connectable to the lock member.